- Edward E. Denison
Edward Everett Denison (
August 28 ,1873 -June 17 ,1953 ) was a U.S. Representative fromIllinois .Born in
Marion, Illinois , Denison attended the public schools.He was graduated fromBaylor University ,Waco, Texas , in 1895, fromYale University , in 1896, and from Columbian (now George Washington) University Law School,Washington, D.C. , in 1899.He was admitted to the bar in 1899 and commenced practice inMarion, Illinois , in 1900.He engaged in the banking business for one year.Denison was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-fourth and to the seven succeeding Congresses (
March 4 ,1915 -March 3 ,1931 ).He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1930 to the Seventy-second Congress and for election in 1932 to the Seventy-third Congress.He resumed the general practice of law inMarion, Illinois .He was an unsuccessful candidate for circuit judge of the first judicial circuit of Illinois in 1939.He died inCarbondale, Illinois ,June 17 ,1953 .He was interred in Maplewood Cemetery,Marion, Illinois .References
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